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COLOURING OF A LANDSCAPE.
and to follow the brush : and, previously to commencing
the sky, a wash of clear water may be passed, with the
flat brush, completely over the paper. The moisture hav-
' ing nearly evaporated, the sky is commenced as follows :
In order to produce an evening effect, a light tint of
lake is to be carried to the distance of about one-fourth
from the top of the picture, and there a small portion of
Indian Yellow is to be gradually added to the wash.
This wash must not be abruptly terminated, but carried
to the bottom of the paper. The result should be a tint
graduating downwards from a pale pink into orange;
becoming warmer towards the horizon, and gradually
vanishing into the foreground. When the surface is
quite dry, after this operation, turn the drawing upside
down, and repeat the wash of clean water, passing the
flat brush very lightly across the surface, so that it may
not disturb the tints.
Next, prepare a pale wash of pure Cobalt in a saucer;
and, while the drawing is damp, but not too wet, and of
course inverted, wash in the blue from near the line to
which you first carried the lake; increasing the strength
of the tint as you approach the upper part of the sky.
If this be properly done the sky will, when dry, show
a gradation of light blue and purple, in addition to the
tints applied in the first instance.
Suppose, for the sake of clearer illustration, that the
subject is a piece of moor scenery, having the distance
closed with remote gray hills—a simple and useful sub-
ject to begin with. Having replaced the w7ork in its
first position, tint the distance with Cobalt and Madder
Brown : these, upon the somewhat orange sky tint carried
over the distance, will give a beautiful pearly-gray hue.
More of the Madder Brown may be added, as you ap-
proach the middle distance; and the tint may then run
into Vandyke Brown, or Brown Pink, carried over the
foreground.
There may occur a pool of water reflecting the sky;—
COLOURING OF A LANDSCAPE.
and to follow the brush : and, previously to commencing
the sky, a wash of clear water may be passed, with the
flat brush, completely over the paper. The moisture hav-
' ing nearly evaporated, the sky is commenced as follows :
In order to produce an evening effect, a light tint of
lake is to be carried to the distance of about one-fourth
from the top of the picture, and there a small portion of
Indian Yellow is to be gradually added to the wash.
This wash must not be abruptly terminated, but carried
to the bottom of the paper. The result should be a tint
graduating downwards from a pale pink into orange;
becoming warmer towards the horizon, and gradually
vanishing into the foreground. When the surface is
quite dry, after this operation, turn the drawing upside
down, and repeat the wash of clean water, passing the
flat brush very lightly across the surface, so that it may
not disturb the tints.
Next, prepare a pale wash of pure Cobalt in a saucer;
and, while the drawing is damp, but not too wet, and of
course inverted, wash in the blue from near the line to
which you first carried the lake; increasing the strength
of the tint as you approach the upper part of the sky.
If this be properly done the sky will, when dry, show
a gradation of light blue and purple, in addition to the
tints applied in the first instance.
Suppose, for the sake of clearer illustration, that the
subject is a piece of moor scenery, having the distance
closed with remote gray hills—a simple and useful sub-
ject to begin with. Having replaced the w7ork in its
first position, tint the distance with Cobalt and Madder
Brown : these, upon the somewhat orange sky tint carried
over the distance, will give a beautiful pearly-gray hue.
More of the Madder Brown may be added, as you ap-
proach the middle distance; and the tint may then run
into Vandyke Brown, or Brown Pink, carried over the
foreground.
There may occur a pool of water reflecting the sky;—